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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Surname Saturday - SLOCUM (England > Rhode Island)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am now up to number 373, who is Hannah SLOCUM (1710-1737), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through four generations of SLOCUM ancestors is:

372. Thomas Hazard, born 28 July 1707 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died after 1745 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. He was the son of 744. Stephen Hazard and 745. Elizabeth Helme. He married 22 February 1727 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.

373. Hannah Slocum, born 05 April 1710 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 24 January 1737 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.

746. Samuel Slocum, born 02 March 1685 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died before 04 November 1741 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. He married January 1708 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

747. Hannah Carr, born 13 January 1691 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. She was the daughter of 1494. Edward Carr and 1495. Hannah Stanton.

1492. Ebenezer Slocum, born 25 March 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 13 February 1715 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. He married about 1676 in probably Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

1493. Mary Thurston, born February 1657 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 16 November 1732 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. She was the daughter of 2986. Edward Thurston and 2987. Elizabeth Mott.

2984. Giles Slocum, born before 28 September 1623 in Old Cleeve, Somerset, England; died 12 March 1683 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. He was the son of 5968. Philip Slocombe and 5969. Charity Bickham. He married about 1640 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

2985. Joan, born about 1620 in England; died 31 August 1679 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

1) The English ancestry of Giles Slocum was defined in The American Genealogist, Volume 20, Number 2, Page 115, October 1943.2) The family of Giles Slocum was defined by Charles E. Slocum, in the article "The Slocum Genealogy," New England Historic Genealogical Register, Volume 34, Number 4 (October 1880), 395.3) Significant biographical information was obtained from the internet web site http://www.caskey-family.com/genealogy/.The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/03/surname-saturday-slocum-england.htmlCopyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

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